1903 Brooklyn Superbas season explained

Brooklyn Superbas
Season:	1903
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Washington Park
City:	Brooklyn, New York
Owners:	Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Harry Von der Horst, Ned Hanlon
President:	Charles Ebbets
Managers:	Ned Hanlon

The 1903 Brooklyn Superbas season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Superbas began their slide from contention in the National League by finishing in fifth place.

Offseason

• January 30, 1903: Jack Doyle was purchased by the Superbas from the Washington Senators.^[1]
• February 17, 1903: Henry Thielman was purchased by the Superbas from the Cincinnati Reds.^[2]
• February 17, 1903: Rube Vickers was purchased by the Superbas from the Cincinnati Reds.^[3]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• September 5, 1903: Tom McCreery was purchased from the Superbas by the Boston Beaneaters.^[4]

Roster

1903 Brooklyn Superbas
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C		78	259	26	61	.236	0	37	9
1B		139	524	84	164	.313	0	91	34
2B		89	309	27	77	.249	0	32	14
3B		135	508	101	138	.272	0	38	46
SS		138	474	71	124	.262	1	64	34
OF		139	515	99	171	.332	9	75	67
OF		111	414	61	98	.237	2	59	23
OF		56	213	40	69	.324	0	20	10

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
	78	267	27	63	.236	0	21	9
	60	176	31	47	.267	1	21	4
	49	154	20	38	.247	0	18	9
	40	141	13	37	.262	0	20	5
	26	57	8	16	.281	0	4	2
	12	43	5	9	.209	0	9	3
	9	23	3	5	.217	1	2	0
	6	17	2	4	.235	0	1	1
	2	7	0	0	.000	0	0	0
	2	2	0	0	.000	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0	----	0	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
	38	36	324.1	19	14	2.94	77	95	31
	40	36	301.0	22	13	3.83	120	96	29
	38	34	298.0	15	18	3.08	84	154	30
	15	12	110.0	5	9	3.27	41	42	9
	15	13	104.0	6	7	3.46	14	21	11
	4	4	28.0	3	1	2.89	7	9	4

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
	4	3	29.0	0	3	4.66	14	10	3
	4	1	14.0	0	1	10.93	9	5	1

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	SO
	3	7.0	0	0	0	7.71	9	4
	1	6.0	0	0	0	6.00	2	2

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1903 Brooklyn Superbas uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/doyleja01.shtml Jack Doyle page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/thielhe01.shtml Henry Thielman page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/vickeru01.shtml Rube Vickers page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mccreto01.shtml Tom McCreery page at Baseball Reference